James Fearon, CDDRL Affiliated Faculty Member, testified in recent hearing of the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations

Dr. James D. Fearon, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and CDDRL Affiliated Faculty Member, testified in the final part of a three-day oversight hearing entitled "Iraq: Democracy or Civil War?" convened by the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and international Relations of the House Government Reform Committee. During this hearing, the Subcommittee heard from Iraqi Sh'ia, Sunni and Kurdish leaders. US experts, policy makers and diplomats such as Ambassador David Satterfield, formerly Deputy to U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad in Baghdad and currently Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice's Senior Advisor on Iraq, also testified.